...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
has hired an international law firm to help it win back its spot in the US-led F-35 fighter jet programme, state media reported on Friday.
The six-month contract with
Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden
...Candidate for president in 2020. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
over its controversial Russian missile system purchase.
The Washington-based law firm did not immediately comment.
Turkey was kicked out of the F-35 fighter jet programme in 2019 as punishment for its decision to acquire the advanced Russian hardware after failing to come to terms on US Patriots used by most other NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
member states.
Washington slapped Turkey's military procurement agency with sanctions after the S-400s were tested for the first time late last year.
The United States fears that the S-400 systems could help Russia gather intelligence and better shoot down NATO warplanes if fully integrated in
The Pentagon confirmed earlier this month that it believed the Russian systems were "incompatible" with the F-35 jets and that the sanctions on Turkey would stay in place until the S-400s are removed.
The State Department appeared to reject that suggestion by saying: "Our policy vis-a-vis the S-400s has not changed."
Biden's administration has assumed a much tougher posture with
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
than Ankara enjoyed when Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
was in the White House.
Biden has still not called Erdogan and the State Department has sharply rebuked Turkey's human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
record since his swearing in last month.
Turkey was both a parts supplier and buyer of the F-35s.
US officials say the sanctions will still allow the jets' prime contractor Lockheed Martin to honour its outstanding contracts in Turkey.